May 18, 2014

Smear campaign websites cleared while targeted journalists accused

In a development that is likely to go down in history as an example of a judicial scandal, an investigation has been launched into some well-known journalists who had taken legal action against certain smear campaigning websites that have been employing highly offensive, libelous and accusatory language targeting the journalists due to their criticisms of the government, according to some media reports.

Mining disaster victims commemorated by Senegalese students

Mining disaster victims, who lost their lives in Turkey’s deadliest mine explosion which took place in southwestern Turkish city of Manisa’s Soma district, commemorated in Senegal. Flags have been lowered to half-mast at the Yavuz Selim Eğitim Kurumları (Yavuz Selim Colleges), operating in the fields of education in Western African country of Senegal, also one of the prestigious tuition foundations in the country.